The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-18 00:00:00

THE EMPEROR'S FETE. PARIS, August 16. The national festival commenced at Paris this Se sr long before the official hour. So enormous a tide of visitors flowed in on Saturday by all the railways, that all the principal thoroughfares were so. )n thronged with strangers, and the good people of the capital, seeing the vast influx, and perceiving that the weather was delightful and without the slightest chance of breaking, determined to respond to the eagerness of the new corners by anticipating their usual preparations, and hanging out their flags and decorations at once. On Sunday the preparations were very nearly competed, and the general plan could be easily judged of even in the minor details. The public amusements in the Esplanade of the Invalides and the Place du Trone were nearly the same as in pre ceding years, but the principal points of the orna mental jets were in the Champs Elysees and the Place de la Concorde. Round the Obelisk was erected a square portico, pierced by five arm cedes on each of its fronts, richly decorated, and on which streams of gas would display at the proper times the most curious arabesques. Two gardens were formed on the part occupied by the two roan. tains in the centre. The surface was undulated and covered with green turf, and which by abuna that watering retained a considerable portion of its freshness. Upwards of 25,000 pleats, most of them in bloom, were distributed in different clumps. Long festoons of ground glass globes ran round the artificial garden—five white to one crimson—and similar lines encircled the whole of the vast place. Clusters of similar globes were arranged about the fountains, w hilst all up the Ch am p s El ysees t o t h e Road-Point corresponding festoons of globes ex tended their long lin es a t eac h s id e , b ro k en at regular intervals by tall pillars surmounted by clusters to match. The effect was exceedingly pretty by day — what then ought it to be when one blaze of brilliancy at night ?, The shows were open on the esplanade during the , whole of Sunday, and in the evening all seemed to receive a very satisfactory amount of patronage. Vast crowds continued to throng the streets all day, and at night the various theatres were crowded. .But at last the great day itself arrived, and like its predecessors, Sunday and Saturday, was marked with exceptionally fine weather, a refreshing breeze tempering the heat of an ardent sun. As is usual, the fete was announced yesterday at six in the moaning by a salvo from the cannon of the Inva lides, intimating that the proceedings had then commenced. As on the two days before the rail. ways were again pouring in their stream of visitors, so that at last the hotels could scarcely accommoe date the numbers who presented themselves. His Majesty, since his accession to the throne, has in variably made the first act of his fete a distribution from his privy purse of alms and provisions to the necessitous and aged in the several arrondissements of Paris. That act of kind-hearted charity was not departed from on the present occasion, and some thousands of poor persons were enabled to connect their feeling of personal gratification with the national festival. The troops in the various bar racks also received an additional allowance of wine, and all, except those strictly necessary for the military service of the day, were allowed to leave their quarters and enjoy the general amuse ments. Another custom of the day is the visit of the soldiers of the First Empire in uniform to the Place Vendome, and the renewal by them of the crowns of inamortelles which are placed on the rail. ings round the column in the centre. Every wreath and ornament had been removed on the Sunday afternoon, but by ten yesterday not only were new ones substituted, but long festoons of laurel hung from the pedeveil of the pillar itself. The old men then proceeded to the Hotel des Invalides to attend Divine service. A little before eleven the tricoloured flag was seen to float from the centre pavilion of the Tuileries, intimating that their Majesties and the Prince Imperial had arrived from Saint Cloud. They at onca received the congratulations of the Prince and Princesses of the Imperial family, the Ministers, Members of the Privy Council, Marshals, Admirals, and persons attached to the Imperial households. At noon took place in the chapel of the palace Divine service, followed by a Te Deana, in presence of the Court and of all the persons who had been admitted to pay their re- PpectN to the Emperor. The singers of the Imperial Court executed the Kyrie, the Gloria, the 0 Sala taris of Auber, and other:plocesofisacred music. At one a solemn mass was celebrated at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in presence of deputations from the Senate, Council of State, Legislative Body, the civil and military authorities, and a crowded congrega tion. Similar services were performed in the other churches of Paris, for the day has this particularity, that it is not only the national fete of rejoicing for the Emperor's well-being, but the Church festival of the Assumption, always held in peculiar venera tion. At the same hour that the more serious portion of the population were offering up thanksgiving in the places of religious worship, vast crowds were entering the various theatres, in all of which gra tuitous performances were to be given. The Grand Opera and the Theatre Francais were, as usual, the great centres of attraction, and many determined amateurs, generally lads and young men, spent the night close to the entrance of both theatres, singing choruses and otherwise wiling away the time. Early in the morning the crowd had increased tre mendously, and when the hour for opening the doors arrived twice as many were present as the houses could contain. Almost similar anxiety was displayed for the other theatres, but in no instance was there any disturbance, and when once the crowd had taken their places, no audience in Europe could conduct themselves with greater propriety. As is customary when the performance is exclusively for the gratification of the people, the most popular pieces for the moment, or the beat of the standing repertoire were given. During the day crowds thronged the garden of the Tuileries, the Place de ha Concorde, and the Champs Elysees, where all the preparations were now complete, with the exception of the coloured lamps for the illuminations, which hundreds of workmen were occupied in arranging up to the last moment. Lofty flagstaffs gave their streamers to the wind, the waters were playing from the various fountains, and all looked bright and gay in the sun. ' shine. As a matter of course, the Esplanade of the Invalides received a visit, and there the scene of animated amusement was at its height. Two large theatres for pantomime were erected near the hotel, playing alternately, and two others lower down, near the river, were devoted to rope dancing, feats of strength, and displays of activity. All the lower part of the vast esplanade was occupied with the travelling exhibitions and shows which are seen at fairs, and were even better attended than on the preceding day. There were in the afternoon boat races ea the Seine between the Pont-d' Alma and the Pont-dlena, a spectacle which attracted a large concourse of spectators. Great as was the crowd assembled to witness the preparations of the fete in the neighbourhood of the Champs Eisyeee and the r iver, the concourse of spectators was perhaps even more dense in the neighbourhood of the Barriers du Trove. where theatres iu the open air, mats-de chhagliEn and other amusemeete were prepared. T he Emperor and the Empress, in the course of the afternoon, proceeded in an open caleche without escort through the two principal scenes of amuse ment, the east and the west of Paris. On approach ing the Barriere du Trove the crowd became so dense that the carriage had to pass at the slowest walking pace, and the c h eers were tremendous—in feet the workmen of that district the whole time touched the ca rria g e, and were a l most i n contact with their 319jesties at either Bide. The Emperor and Empress afterwards passed through the Espla nade des Invalides, and if aomewhat less familiarly received, were just as loudly cheered. Their Mejes tie3 returned to the Tuileries to dinner. In the course of the day the following public mo numents were inaugurated : —The Mairie o f th e llth arrondissement, Place du Prince EuAene; the Cam. pane Galleries of Antiquities in the Pavillon Denon, at the Louvre; th e chimes of St. Germain FAuxer rois ; the new poultry market at the 11..,11es Cen. tr:11 ,. .5; the three boulevards, Haussmarin, Josephine, and de Messina, and the lake in the neighbourhood of Vincennes. At last the long day's amusements came to a close, and at six in the evening another salvo of cannon announced that the day portion of the fete was over. The streets then remained comparatively tranquil until nearly dusk, when again about eight o'clock the multitude streamed forth towards the garden of the Tuileries and the Champs Elysees. About eight o'clock the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial appeared on the balcony of the central pavilion, and were loudly cheered by the crowd below. His Majesty was attired in plain evening dress, with a single decoration. The Im perial group remained there about five minutes. Ab ou t a quarter to nine the Emperor and Empress drove along the Rue de Rivoli in an open carriage to the Elysee, where they alighted to wit ness th e fireworks from the terrace above. Their Majesties afterwards left for St. Cloud. Towards nine o'clock the crowd turned in the direction of the Pont d'lena, where the fireworks were to be let off. Precisely at the hour appointed a flight of rockets announced the commencement of the exhibition, and those were quickly followed by what might be called a volcanic eruption of Roman candles filling the air with varied hues. These were succeeded by flights of rockets ascending to an enormous height, and bursting in a shower of stars of every colour in the rainbow. The grand piece of the display was an extensive facade re presenting a Mexican palace. It was surmounted by the cipher of the Emperor Napoleon. When on fire it produced a most brilliant effect, and termi. nated with an explosion of splendid grenades. The next piece was a most striking pyrotechnic exhibi• tion, as the Pont d'lena was all at once in a blaze from end to end, and poured a cascade of fire into the Seine below. The effect was perfectly magi. cal, and called forth load cheers from the assembled thousands. This was followed by further flights of rockets, which continued without intermission to the final bouquet, which was received with renewed applause. A similar display took place at the same time on the Place du Tone. The great mass of the spectators then turned homewards, but thousands continued promenading about until near the morning hours, Others, the younger class of pleasare•seckers, went off to the Bal Hardy, on the Esplanade des Invalides, where the style of dance was not altogether in accordance with the stricter rules of ball etiquette. Towards four in the morning, the streets became quiet, and only a few occasional stragglers were seen to wend their weary way along. The day of pleasure had at length terminated—terminated without accident —in good humour and tranquillity. Upwards of two millions of people must have taken part in the amusements on the various points of the capital, and yet the arrangements were so good that no in terference of the authorities was perceptible any where.—Galignam; The Great English and French Railways. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The continued growth of the railway systems of EnglaLd and France, the immense capitals embarked in them, and the different poiicies adopted with respect to them in the two countries, induce us to " consecrate," as our neighbours would say, a series of articles to what is, in all sober earnestness, a topic of very considerable importance. In dealing with the question we shall have to bring under notice six great English and six great French net works—viz., English—The London and North- Western, the Great Western, the North-Eastern, the Midland, the great Eastern, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire. French—The Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, the Orleans, the Eastern, the Wes tern, the Northern, and the Southern. Our review of each undertaking will be brought down to the close of 1863, and will be as minute as it can be consistently with a due regard to space and to a desire not to " bore" the reader. At the outset it be observed that the Governments of England and France have pursued a radically different course with regard to the development of railways. The English Government has encouraged the " unre stricted competition" system, and has in no case suffered a company to divide more than 10 per cent. In France the imperial regime has massed the whole of the railway undertakings of the empire virtually into the hands of six great companies, and in hardly any case has a line been made without a more or less considerable subvention from the coffers of the State. Aided by this administra tive patronage, and benefited, in the first instance, by cheap labour and low-priced lend, iL is not sur prising that the dividends paid by several of the French companies upon their comparatively small amounts of ordinary share capital have been very large, the Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean having last year distributed 15 per cent, upon an old share capital of £14,000,000, while the London and North Western only yielded 54- per cent. upon its £25,755,350 of ordinary stock. At first sight, per haps, the French system appears to be infinitely superior from a shareholder's point of view, and so, perhaps, it is ; but, as we shall have occasion to show in the course of these articles, Government patronage and aid is attended with some disadvan tages and responsibilities, which cloud the future with uncertainties and bear injuriously upon the public welfare. Without, hotvever, unduly anticipating matters, let us commence at once to deal with the great English enterprise known as the London and North Western Railway, in which, probably, all sections of the British public, whether shareholders, deben tnreholdere, or otherwise, feel a certain legitimate pride, The London and North Western is a Front of the continual change to which railway property is subject, and affurds an illustration also of the gradual tendency towards amalgamations of intea rests. Thus the great concern wall originally known as the London and Birmingham, and comprised only 112 miles; now it embraces in its giant arms Cara lisle in the north, Holyhead in the west, and Came bridge in the east, and at the close of 1863 it had brought 1,209 miles of railway under one single administration. In this present month (August, 1864) the extent of way in operation has risen to 1,255 miles : and there seems little reason to doubt that as the process of fusion and exten sion continues 1874 will witness at least 2,000 miles of iron road under the control of the magnates of Euston•square, who now dispose of a revenue in excess of that enjoyed by more than one Continental State. By the London and North- Western Railway should also be understood the Bedford and Cambridge, the Birkenhead (partly vested also in the Great Western), the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley, the Bucking harashire, the Cannock Mineral, the Conway and Llanrwst, the Kendal and Windermere, the Knighton, the Lancaster and Carlisle, the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny, part of the North Union, the St. George's, part of the Shrewsbury and Hereford, the Shrewsbury and Welchpool, the Shropshire Union, the South Leicestershire, the South Staffordshire, the atockport, Disley, and Whaley.bridge, part of the Tenbury, the Warring• ton and Stockport, the Watford and Rickmans ' worth, and the West London lines. During the past session of Parliament an Act was also passed vesting the undertaking of the St. Helen's Railway and canal iu the company. The result of the ex tensions and amalgamations which aro continually proceeding, may be summed up briefly in the fol lowing statement tildes worked December 31, 1861, 1,054 (918 double and 136 single) ; December 31, 1862, 1,162 (912 double and 220 single) ; and December 31, 1863, 1,209 (954 double and 225 single). The traffic acquired, the working expenses incurred, and the profits realised upon this mileage in 1861, 1862, and 1863 were as follows Year. Ilkvenuo Exprmses. Prc,fitß, 1861 .. £4,7.54,985 .. X 2,357,212 .. £2,397,773 1862 4,966,838 2,382,410 .. 2,581,395 1863 5,280,259 .. 2,413,410 .. 2,866,819 These figures are highly encouraging, inasmuch as, comparing 1863 with 1861, we arrive at an in crease of 11.16 per cent. in the rough revenue ac quired, while the working expenses when sub jected to the same comparison only allow an increase of .2.97 per cent. In other words, while the ratio of working expenses to receipts was in 1861 50 per cent, in 1563 it had been reduced to 46 per cent. In the presence of this gratifying result ft is not surprising that the di7idends distributed upon the ordinary stock of the Londo n a n d N or th-W es t e rn I proper have been steadily advancing. Thus while in 1861 the distribution was 41 per cent. upon £25,224,349, in 1862 it was 4;1 per cent, upon £25,296,921, and in 1863, as previously indicated, 51 per cent, upon £25,755,350. In the current year, as must have been abundantly evident to every reader, the receipts of the system have been making extraordinary progress, having amounted in the six months ending June 30, 1864, to £2,596,156, against £2,310,046 in the corresponding six months of 1863 ; and there appears every probability of a 6 per cent. dividend being secured for the year upon the company's very large amount of ordinary stock. Including the leased lines and the lines partly vested in the company, the capital represented by the London and North-Western is close upon £56,000,000; but confining ourselves to the London and North-Western properly so called, we find that the total capital raised by shares and loans to De cember 31 1861, was £37,603,249,whi1e at the close of last year it had risen to £38,864,064. It is a special characteristic of London and NortheWestern finance that the directors have always manfully in• sisted upon the maintenance of a very large pro port ion of ordinary stock. Thus, of the £38,864,064 raised December 31, 1863, no less than £25,755,350 was represented by ordinary stock. The amount of preference stock was only £653,018, the remaining £12,455,696 being represented by£2,185,966 of de benture stock and £10,269,730 of debenture loans. As we have already shown, the ordinary stock received 51 per cent. in 1863, while 5 per cent. was paid on the preference stock and 4 per cent. upon a portion of the debenture stock (£1,875,136) and 31 per cent. upon the remainder. The de benture debt of the company was floating, Dec. 31, 1863, at the following rates ;—£1,618,591 at 41 per cent., £1,030,388 at 41 per cent., £7,527,857 at 4 per cent., £91,954 at 31 per cent., £240 at 31 per cent., and £7OO at 3 per cent. The improving credit of the company is shown in the faot that at the core responding date of 1862 £10,112,775 of deben ture debt then outstanding bore the following rates of interest :--£480,550, 41 per cent. ; £2,122,691, 4-1 per cent.; £1,103,163, 41 per cent.; £6,291,517, 4 per cent. ; £113,154, 31, per cent. ; £l,OOO, 31 per cent.; and £7OO, 3 per cent. The 41 per cent. de bentures were thus wholly extinguished last year, while the 41 per cent. and 41 per cent. debentures were reduced, and a great addition was made to those floating at 4 per cent. The results indicated were attained, of course, by sheer hard work, the only real means, after all, by which human undertakings can be placed in a satis factory position. Thus in 1863 the company ran 392,662 passengers and 266,768 goods trains, which accomplished between them an aggregate distance of 17,304,138 miles (in 1862 the corresponding total was 15,745,908 miles). The number of passengers conveyed—or rather of tickets issued—last year was 19,185,751 (against 17,453,527 in 1862). This vast movement of human life was divided as follows : First class, 2,308,727 passengers,yielding £632,516 ; second class, £6 ; 952,775, yielding /708,247; and third class, £9,924,249, yielding £626,227. A sum of £31,416 was also derived from holders of season tickets, making the total passenger receipts of last year £1,999,405. The accessory receipts of the pas. senger trains from parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, &c. amounted last year to/223,850,and £142,067 was derived from the conveyance of mails, making the total quick train receipts of 1863 £2,365,322 against A:2,307,021 in 1862. In the other departments of the traffic service, live stock produced last year £160,814. coal, coke, and minerals, £659,601, and general merchandise, £2,094,522, making the total slow train receipts for the year £2,914,937, against £2,611,138, in 1862. It results from these figures that the greater portion of the additional revenue acquired last year, as compared with 1862, pro. ceeded from goods, indicating the gradual revival of the productive districts traversed by the system from the depressing stagnation which characterised the latter months of 1862. Of course, the large traffic cultivated by the company was not effected without a very large outlay for working expenses. Thus, the amount expended for maintenance and renewal of way and wcrks last year was £421,8G2 ; for locomotive power, £672,294; for repairs and renewals of carriages arid waggons, £180,656; for traffic charges (coaching,* and merchandise), £750,752; for rates and taxes, £88,531; for Go vernment duty, £71,224 ; for compensation for per sonal injuries to passengers, £20,000; for compen sation fur the damage and loss of goods, £21,118; for legal and Parliamentary charges, £52,905 ; and fur miscellaneous outgoings, £131,064. On corn paring these figures with those for 1862 we find en increase in the amount expended for maintenance and renewal of way, locomotive power, repairs of carriages and waggons, traffic charges, rates and taxes, Government duty, compensation for damage and loss of goods, and legal and Parliamentary charges. The divisions of compensation for personal injury and miscellaneous outgoings showed a dilni nution last year. It is also worthy of remark that, notwithstanding the very large addition made to the number of train miles run last year, the charge for locomotive power was only £3,345 in excess of the corresponding total for 1862. The rolling stock possessed by the company at the close of 1863 comprised 1,095 locomotives, 2,058 carriages used for the conveyance of passengers only, 1,083 other vehicles attached to passenger trains, 17,543 waggons of all kinds used for the conveyance of live stock, minerals, and general mcrehandiz,e, and 1,619 other vehicles : the additions made to the roiling stock in 1863 amounted to 61 locomotives, 3 carriages used for the conveyance of passengers only, and 910 trucks and other vehicles. Such are a few general details with regard to the position of the London and North-Western Rail way Company in 1863. We ought also, perhaps, to add a few particulars with respect to the minor undertakiegs, which although not directly amalga mated with the company, have yet linked their for tunes with it by leases or other arrangements, and the earnings which are included in the general revenue tabulate 4 above. The Bedford and Cam bridge had raised at the close of 1863 £319,008, and after providing for fixed charges, £239,008 of ordi nary stock received last year per cent. ; the Birkenhead (vested jointly in the London and North-lVestern and Great Western) had raised £ 2 ,672,919, and after providing for fixed charges, £2,075,821 of ordinary stock received 31 per cent. ; the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Val ley had raised £760,350 (the whole of this amount was ordinary stock, which received 3.416 per cent.) the Buckinghamshire had raised £1,245,000 (the whole of this amount was ordinary stock, which received 4 per cent.); the Cannock Mineral had raised £145,582, and after providing for fixed charges,'£loB,ls2 of ordinary stock received 31 per Cent. ; the Chester and Holyhead had raised £4,670,257, and after providing for fixed charges, £2,100,000 of ordinary capital received 2i per cent. ; the Knighton had raised £73,255, and after providing for fixed charges, £51,255 of ordinary stock received 5 per cent. ; the Lancaster and Car lisle had raised £3,004,066, and after providing for fixed charges £2,420,300 of ordinary stock, re ceived 91 per cent. (lucky dogs these Lan caster and Carlisle shareholders !); the Mer thyr, Tredegur, and Abergavenuy had raised £220,974, and after providing for fixed charges £170,874 received 5 per cent.; the North Union (on lease to the London and North-Western atad Lancashire and Yorkshire jointly) had raised £1,143,242, and after providing for fixed charges £739,201 received 8.80 per cent.; the Shrewsbury and Hereford, on lease to the London and North- Western, Great Western, and West Midland jointly, had raised 1832,128, and after providing for fixed charges £553,195 of ordinary stock received 6 per cent., and £6,753 41 per cent.; the Shrewsbury and Welshpool had raised £245,050, and after provid ing for fixed charges £160,451, received 4: per cent.; the Shropshire Union had raised £2,025,251 and after providing for fixed charges, £1,304,953 of ordinary stock received 25625 per cent. ; the South Leicestershire had raised £205,226, and after providing for fixed charges, £42,100 of ordinary stock received 4 per cent.; the South Staffordshire had raised £1,412,439, and after providing for fixed charges, £944,935 of ord:nary stock received 44 per cent.; the S toc k port, Disley, and Whaleybridge had raised £376 465, and after providing for fixed clorecs, £135,620 of ordinsxy stock received 3 60 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1864. per cent., and £105,000 3.375 per cent.; the Ten■ bury had raised £38,750, and after providing for fixed charges, £24,370 of ordinary stock received two per cent.; and the Watford and Rickmans worth had raised £44,420 (nothing seems to have been paid upon the ordinary stock). Our list is not quite complete, we believe, but, after allowing for the proportionate burdens which have to be sus tain by the Great Western, Lancashire and York shire, and West Midland, in respect to some of the undertakings indicated, our recapitulation repre sents a capital of £16,981,345, upon which the London and North-Western at the close of last year was expected to provide interest to a greater or less extent. Adding this total to the £38,864,064 of London and North-Wes tern capital, properly so called, we arrive at an aggregate of £55,845,409 as the capital of the general undertaking at the close of last year. As our list of minor undertakings was not quite corn. plete, we may safely place the total capital in round numbers at betwee❑ 56 and 57 millions. This vast amount is divided between 40,000 and 50,000 share and debenture, holders. Spite of all past mistakes, spite of the inadequate return still obtained upon the ordinary stock of some of the affiliated lines, we cannot but regard the London and North Western Railway as a very noble undertaking.— Times. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, EGHAM RACES -YESTERDAY. A cooling breeze made a delightful change from the sultry air of yesterday, and the attendance was larger than we over remember it on Runnymede. The racing, though, showed a falling off from that of former years, and the failure of what used to be the event of the day, the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, tended to rob the card of a great deal of its interest. The greatest blow the backers of favourites experienced was in the defeat of Medicis, who had won the Ankerwyche Stakes with such extraordinary ease the day before, and had been purchased by Mr G. Angell for 230 guineas. They laid 3 to 1 freely on her to-day, but it is to be supposed she found her Gib penalty too much for her, for she was beaten with extreme ease. Much amusement was caused in the race for the Surrey and Middlesex by the cool way in which Fordham and young Grimshaw rode it. When the flag fell the " waiting orders" each had received were apparent, and, quietly walking to the stand, where the pace was increased to a gentle trot, they proceeded on their way in this fashion to within half a mile of home, and there set to in earnest, the favourite, Rappel, winning easily. The Baron's Stakes (handicap) of 5 soya, with 50 added; for 2-yr-olds._ Three-quarters of a mile. 28 subs. Mr Hodgman's King Greece, sst 111 b (J, Grimshaw) 1 Mr Beadtnan's Threadbare, 6st ilb (H. Sharp) 2 Capt. W. H. Cooper's Czarina, 7st 81b (inc. 51b extra) (Perry) 3 Mr Fleming's Scylla, 3st 121 b (Loates) 4 Mr B. E. Dunbar's Advance, 7st 61b (Morris) 5 Betting—b co 4 agst King of Greece, 3to 1 agst Thread. bare, 4 to 1 apt Czarina. King of Greece jumped off with the lead, with Thread bare and Czarina in attendance, to about half the distance, where he resigned it to Threadbare, who took up the running to the Stand, and Grimshaw coming again with Mr Hodg man's colt the two raced home together, King of Greece defeating Threadbare by a neck, Czarina a bad third, The Town Plate of 70 soya (handicap) for all ages. Captain Christie's Prescription, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (J. Grinashaw) 1 Mr F. Santley's Balderdash, 3 yrs, Gat 31b (inclu 51b ex) (J. Adams) 2 Mr Drewett's Colleen, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (J. Mordan) 3 The following also raa :—Dolphin, Land of the - West, Vision, Professor, Doe, Starbeam, Queen Bee, and Under the Cloud. Betting-9 to 4 agst the Doe, sto 2 agst Prescription, 7 to 1 each agst Starbeam and Balderdash, 8 to 1 agst Dol phin, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Pt eseription jumped off with such a clear lead, followed by the Doe and Colleen that the race was never in doubt as far as sho was concerned. Doe was soon beaten, and her place was taken by Balderdash, but any attempt to reach the leader was useless. She won in a common canter by two lengths, the same distance separating Colleen from Balderdash. Under the Cloud was fourth, Starbeam fifth, Dolphin and Land of the West in next order, The rest were beaten off. Tito Railway Stakes of 3 tovs each, with 25 added by the South-Western Railway Company. For all ages. Sell- jug allowances. Three-quarters of a mile, Mr T. Golby's Change of Luck, 2 yrs (13o), sst 10lb (H. Clark) 1 Mr J. La Mert's Basquine, 2 yrs (X 80), 6st 21b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Capt. Willeock's The Drone, aged (LSO), list lib (Prior) 3 Mr Davison's Maid of Athens (late Florence) aged _(£80), Bst 71b Betting-5 to 4 on _Change of Luck, '2 to 1 age, Basquine. Change of Luck took up the running directly the flag, was lowered, and with only the Drone near him, went on with such a commanding lead that he was never headed, and won in a canter by 10 lengths. The winner was sold to Mr Payne for 90 guineas. The Magni Charta Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added; for 2-yr-olds, 7st ; and 3-yr-Ads, Bst. Selling allow ances. T.Y.C. Mr J. Woolcott's Cacula, £l5O, 2 yrs, Est 61h _ (Whitehorn) 1 Mr Angell's Meclieis, 2 yrs, 6st 916, £lOO (Morris) 2 Mr It. Itmfort's Duchess of Kmt, yrs, Sst 611.) (£200) , (l'orser) 3 Mr Golby's Resurgam, 2 yrs, Est 31b, £lOO (11. Clark) 4 Betting-3 to lon Medicis. The Duchess of Kent jumped off with the lead, the fa vourite and Cacula lying next, and ran in this order to the tiistance, where the leader retiring, Cacula challenged Medicis, and heading her at the stand, went in an easy winner by two lengths. Duchess of Kent a bad third. The winner was sold to Mr J. B. Morris for 300 guineas. A Scurry Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous, 3 ft, with 25 added. Gentlemen riders. Three-quarters of a mile. 12 subs. Mr C. Alexander's Mirage, 3 yrs, Bst 81b(Mr Whiteside) 1 Mr W. W. Baker's Bolero, 5 yrs, lOst 21b(Mr W. Bevill) 2 Mr Payne's Merry Maid, 5 yrs, lOst 21b (Mr Edwards) 3 Mr F. Stanley's Balderdash, 3 yrs, 9st 61b (in. 121 b ex) (Porter) 4 Mr Cherry's Vindicta, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (inc. 71b extra) (Fordham) 5 Betting -5 to 4 agst Bolero, 4to 1 each agst Mirage and Merry Maid, and 7 to 1 agst any other. Bolero made the running, followed by Mirage and Vin dicta, the leader maintaining his position to the Stand, where Mirage drew up and challenged him, headed him in a few strides, and won a good race by a neck. Merry Maid a bad third. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared by T ues d ay, August 9, with 50 added. T wo m ile s a nd a di s t ance, 13 su b s, 9 o f whom pay 5 sovs each. Mr E. Brayley's Rappel, 3 yrs, sst 71b .. (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Thellusson's Bally Edmond, 6 yrs, 98t (inc. 7 1 b ex.) (F o rdham) 2 Betting -6 t o son Rappel. Alternately walking, trotting, and cantering, the two pro ceeded on their course, till within half a mile from home, where Fordham set Bally Edmond going, and, waited upon by the favourite, came on with the lead to the Stand, where he was caught and defeated very easily by two lengths. LATEST BETTING. GREAT MEOR HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Raglan (taken) 100 to 15 agst Welcome (taken) 10 to 1 agst Hightlyer dam (taken) 12 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) AQUATICS. the Thellu sson C up took ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB. The ocean ma t c h of the Royal Vi c toria Yacht Club for place en Tuesd a y and yesterday. The course was f rom H yde to Torquay , The followin g were the vessels :—Th e Osprey, yawl, 25 tons, Lord Burghl e y, V.C.—the North Star, cutter, 27 tons, Mr Hyde Bendy— the Emmet, cutter, 32 tons, Mr Stuart Lane—the Avoca, schooner, 34 tons, Mr H. M. Goodwin —the Doris, cutter, 35 tons—th e E m i ly, schooner, 3 6 tons , Mr H. Liebe r t--th e Madcap, schoon er , 71 tons, M r A. Dunbar—the Blue Bell, schooner, 71 tons, M r Ed wa rds —the Vestal, 74 tons, Si r Bruce Chichester —th e Columbine, 38 tons, Mr L. Fort— The Julia, yawl, 115 tons, Mr 11. Fielder—the Phosphorus, cutter, 49 ton s , Captain R. W. Bulkeley, R. H. G.—th o Osprey, 50 t ons , Li eut. H . Sloane Stainley, R.H.G.— the Galat ea , schooner, 131 tons, Mr Thomas Btoadwood— the Surge, cu tt er, 5 2 tons, M r W. Hay—the Maritana, tone, Lord L out h —the V o l an t e , GO tons—th e M ar i na, cutter, GO, M r F . C . Morr i ce. This was a ti me race, d ou ble .A.cker's scale, time t o b e given at sta r ti ng , The Osprey yawl was, consequently, the first vessel to pass between the Commodore's flagship and the pier, and the Marina the last to take her departure— the time between these two vessels, the longest which had to be allowed, was 53min. 40see.—the shortest time given was that received by the Madcap, from the Blue Bell, 45sec. The wind at 9 a.m. was E.N.E. The start was satisfactory. The only casualty was occasioned by the Julia, which ran foul of and carried the jibboom out of the Leonora while the latter lay at her moorings. The time observed through out is civil time. At 956 the Galatea overhauled the Plies pherus—at 10 5, oft East Cowes Castle, the same schooner passed the Osprey cutter, which lowered her foresail,set a jib, in place of it, and boomed it out from both tack and sheet, thereby putting herself out of the race. Between 10 15 and 10 20, the Osprey was gaining on the Phosphorus, and the Galatea passed them both, and about the same time these vessels left the Cowes Club-house on their port hands,turned into the Western Channel, and sighted the leading vessels. At 10 55 the Galatea overhauled the Osprey for the second time, and at 11 7 the Julia and the Columbine were both passed by Mr Broadwood's schooner. At 11 45, off Yar mouth, the Marina passed the Maritana. By half-past 12 o'clock all the racing yachts were clear of the Needles west b 40 `.% ~—the Blue Bell being leading 'Vaael, At 12 16 the Galatea passed the Avoca—at 12 35 the Marina passed Doris—and at 1 15 Mr Morrice's ship overhauled in suc cession the Avoca and North Star, dropping the Columbine at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m., when Durleston Head bore north-east by north, the ebb tide was done, and there was a calm. The nasty roll was seen to cause the Emily to cut her maintopsail haulyards. The Vestal, Phosphorus, and Surge were together, with the Marina and the Mari tana astern of them, all vessels drifting idly during a hot and hazy afternoon, with an easterly swell. At 4 p,m. the Blue Bell was still the leading vessel, under St. Alban's Head ; nearest to her were the Emmet and Madcap, with Lord Burghley's yawl fourth vessel in the race. The Galatea was fifth, further away from the land ; inside of her were Emily and the Julia; astern, again, of them came the Phosphorus cutter, the Osprey, Marina, and Maritana, in the order named, bringing up the rear of this tedious drift ing match. At about 5 o'clock the flood tide made, and the tempers of owners and crews were subjected to still greater provocation. All vessels drove back steadily with the tide towards the Needles, except the Blue Bell, which anchored near St. Alban's Head, as well as the Osprey, Maritana, and Avoca, which let go their anchors at different places. The rules of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club do not permit yachts to anchor during a race, except to avoid danger to themselves or others. In these cases the four vessels, as the sequel will show, became disqualified, a misfortune which fell most severely on the owner of the Blue Bell. At 8.30 some of the yachts had tho wind from W.N.W,, others from W.S.V. This latter wind was felt by the Phosphorus, Julia, and Madcap, which wero all to the north of the Marina, About this time the Osprey cutter reached to windward of the Marina. .1 he Galatea reports that at 8.30 she had so drifted with the tide that the Needles' light bore N.N.E., only six to eight miles distant. At midnight the Galatea sighted Portland lights, bearing N.W. N., and the Marina's log shows that at one o'clock on the morning of the 17th they bore W.N.W. At daybreak the weather was calm and hazy. At dawn the Phosphorus, the Marina, and the Madcap were grouped together; the Galatea, slightly ahead of the Vestal, the Emily, and the Julia formed another little fleet, but neither squadron visible to the other. At S a.m. the Marina sighted the Blue Bell, and eight vessels named above, together with Mr Thellusson's Aline, not in the race, turned into Torbay, and passed between the club-houso and mark boat at the following times 11. H. S. H. H. S. Blue Bell.. 9 10 0 a.m. Julia .... 9 50 0 a.m, Marina.... 9 15 0 a.m. Columbine 10 2 0 a.m, Phosphorus 9 40 0 a.m. Marita4a.. 10 21 30 a.m, Madcap.... 9 45 0 a.m. Emmet .. 10 21 45 a.m, Galatea.... 9 46 0 a.m. The Blue Bell became disci' during the race, as previously J. C. Morrice, wins the Then' ualified because she anchored stated ; thus the Marina, Mr hisson Cup of 1864. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEEDS, August 17. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr Justice Keating.) MURDER NEAR ROTHERHAM. James Sargisson, age 20, labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Cooper, at Laughten-en-le-Morthen (near notheram) on the 9th April last. The deceased was a tall young man, 26 years old, and a gardener ; who for some time had been in the employment of Messrs. Fisher and Holmes, nurserymen, at Hands worth, near Sheffield. His parents liv i ed at Stone, 15 miles from Handsworth, and on the day in question he started from Handsworth to go home. Between 9 and 10 o'clock that night he arrived at a place called Brook House and repaired to a publichouse kept by a person named Mottram. In that publichouse was the prisoner and other persons who were playing at dominoes. The prisoner then was dressed in drab clothes, and the deceased in dark clothes. Tho deceased had two bundles, one in a handkerchief and the other in paper, and he had also a walking-stick. In the conversation which passed among the company the time of night was talked about, and the deceased showed his watch in order to tell the company the Sheffield time. After get ting some refreshment he went away, and immediately be fore or after him the prisoner left the publichouse. At that time a boy in the road noticed a man in light clothes stand ing opposite the publichouse, as if watching out, and shortly after a man in dark clothes, with two bundles with a walk ing-stick, was seen to walk down the read towards Abbey lane. The man in light clothes, who was a smaller man than the other, was seen following on the opposite side of the road, where there was no footpath. The deceased never reached his friends' house, but on the following morning William Greaves, of Woolley-tree Faun, found in Abbey lane the body of the deceased in a pool of blood, with a great hedge-stake lying by his side, on which was human blood and hair. Two hurdles and a walking-stick were also fund close by. His hat was off, waistcoat open, and every pocket turned inside out with the exception of one, in which were some small things. A post mortem examination made by Mr Latimer, a surgeon, proved that death had resulted front violence—from blows in front of the head and at the back of the head, so that the head was almost reduced to a state of pulp. Thera were also injuries on the eyes and hands. Suspicion attached to the prisoner, who made two or three different statements, ending in a confession that he was present when the murder was committed, but that the blow was struck by another person. The property of the deceased was found in prisoner's possession. The jury, after two minutes' conference, pronounced a verdict of Guilty, and His lordship, in a most solemn and emphatic manner, passed sentence of death. The prisoner protested his innocence. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.---Aug. 17. (Before Mr Justice Byles.) CONVICTION FOIL MUILDER. Mary Hartley, alias Annie Bowen, 29, a good-looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of Henry Bowen. The unhappy prisoner appeared to be in a most wretched condition during the trial. When she was called upon to plead, she sobbed violently, and it was with difficulty that she could give utterance to the words Not Guilty. She was allowed to be seated while the witnesses were giving their evidence, and during the whole time she buried her face in her hands and seemed to be crying bitterly. Mr Sleigh and Mr Williams conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr Orridge through the humanity of the sheriffs. The learned counsel for the prosecution merely gave a brief narrative of the facts of the case, and the following evidence was then adduced. Eliza Taylor deposed that she was nurse at the Clerken well workhouse, and the prisoner came there on the even ing of the IGth of July, in labour, and she was delivered the same night of a male child. The prisoner behaved very well to the child while she stayed in the workhouse, and she left with it in the morning of the 30th of July. The child was at this time perfectly healthy, and she afterwards saw it dead at the Harrison's Arms public-house. Cross-examined—The prisoner behaved as kindly to the child as any mother could do while she was in the work , house. She wrote several letters on the day before she left the workhouse, and witness took two down to the gate to be posted. The prisoner read a portion of one of the letters to her—and she remembered that she asked the person to whom the letter was written to bring her some gin, and stated that she should turn up her nose at anything com mon when she came home, after living on the fat of the land in the workhouse. Eliza Scruby deposed that she was servant at the Harri son Arms, Gray's-inn-road, on the 30th of July last. The prisoner came into the house about half-past 10 o'clock, and witness observed that she had a parcel with her. She went into the parlour and called for some gin and water, and witness took it to her and left her alone. In a short time witness wont back to the room, and the prisoner asked her tO shut the door, as she wished to arrange her drawers. Witness then left the prisoner again, and in about five minutes she loft the house, and upon going into the room a few minutes afterwards witness saw some soot in the grate. This induced her to look up the chimney, and she saw something which led her to speak to the potman, and she saw a parcel taken from the chimney. Henry Talbot deposed that on the day in question he was in the Harrison Arms. and in consequence of something that was said to him he looked up the chimney of the room whore the prisoner had been and saw a parcel which he took down. It contained the dead body of a child partially wrapped up in a piece of calico, but the head and shoulders were exposed. The body was quite warm, and the legs of the child were tied up close to the body. There was no paper round the child, but witness saw some pieces of paper in the stove. White, a police-constable of the E division, proved that from information he received he went in pursuit of the pri soner and overtook her in Hunter-street. He asked her if she had been in the Harrison Arms, and she said she had, and witness then turned to Hubbard, the pot-boy, who accompanied him, and asked if the child was dead, and the prisoner said that it was. As they were going to the police station the prisoner said she was sorry she had done it, and she wished she had taken it to the workhouse to have it buried. When the charge was read over to the prisoner, she said that she did not kill it. Mr Orridge made a very able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and he argued that all the facts that had been deposed to merely made out a case of strong suspicion, and that there was an absence of anything like that positive testimony which alone would justify them in returning a verdict the effect of which would undoubtedly be to consign the wretched young woman at the bar to an ignominious death. Mr Justice Byles then summed up the case with very great care and minuteness. The jury retired at ten minutes to 1 o'clock to deliberate upon their verdict, and at three they returned into court, and found the initialer guilty, but at the same time said that they strongly recommended her to mercy, on the ground that she had been a good mother to the child down to the period of her leaving the workhouse. The prisoner was then called upon in the usual form to state whether she had anything to urge why sentence of death shoald not be passed upon her. She appeared to be almost unaware of what was passing, but after a short interval she sobbed out, " 1 am not guilty." The learned Judge then put on the black cap, and passed sentence of death in the usual form, and the wretched pri mer was carried in 11D. almost inseusible state from the dock. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—A recent despatch from Sir Charles Wuod to the Governor-General of India has led to the infliction of a very great hardship upon a num ber of officers holding civil appointments. All those officers of the late Indian Army who have been ad mitted to civil employment since January, 1862, are suddenly informed that they will have to pass a severe examination at three, or at the most nine, mouths' interval, upon peril of losing their appointments and being remanded to military service. Now, when we state that most of these men have abandoned their prospects of military advancement, have already submitted to severe examinations before admission to the Civil Service, and are now engaged in the most arduous and absorbing duties, it will at once be seen what a severe hardship this order inflicts on them. It is, indeed, difficult to believe that it can ever have been intended to operate in such a way, or that the authorities from whom it issues can have been in the least aware of its effect. It is in the belief, therefore, that it is only necessary to bring the hard ship to light in order to procure its remedy that we draw attention to it. The matter begins with that inevitable staff corps which seems destined for a time to throw everything into a muddle. All officers employed otherwise than with their own regiments are now formed into one large corps, which has its own tests of admission and its own course of pro motion. It', therefore, any officer wishes to obtain civil or political, or irregular military employment, it is necessary for him to become a member of this corps, and to pass therefore the necessary examina tions. On the 25th of March last Sir Charles Wood sent out a despatch determining what qualifi cations should be necessary for employment in the civil and political departments of the corps. These tests appear, so far as we can judge, to be very rea sonable and necessary. The despatch commences by pointing out the great importance of the appoint ments in question. It observes that there is no employment which requires so large a knowledge of the languages, the institutions, the customs, the habits, and the feelings of the people; and the test of qualification for such posts should consequently be high, and that all candidates should be subjected to a period of probation. Accordingly the despatch provides that every officer who applies for such ap pointments should, in the first place, be attached for at least a year to a native regiment, so that he may acquire some knowledge of the native sol diery and of the classes from which they are drawn. He is then to be submitted to a year of " departs mental probation," and to certain special tests of qualification, and at the end of the two years he is to undergo a final examination. Having passed this, he will be admitted to permanent ern . ployment. Lastly, the despatch directs that these rules shall be applicable, " not only to officers who may have joined the Staff Corps, but equally to officers of the late Indian Army who have been de clared eligible and who may be selected for employ ment." Now, as fsr as these rules prescribe great strictness in admitting officers to civil and political employ, no one, we imagine, will find fault with them. Many young officers serving in civil and political posts in India are diplomatists or judges on a large scale, and great caution ought to be used in their selection. But every one who reads this de spatch would imagine that its operation was to be prospective, and that it referred to officers who, alter its receipt, should be appointed to civil and political posts. No one would suppose that, contrary to all custom in such cases, it was to unsettle the existing civil servants of the Government ; to break the conditions upon which they entered the service, and to place them between the alternatives of either an amount of labour which must be fatal to their duties or the break up of all their prospects. Yet such is the interpretation which has been placed upon it. In the first instance it was ordered that " all officers already in civil and political employ" should declare their intention of joining the Staff Corps, and should present them selves for examination in October, failing to do which, or to pass the examination, they would be remanded to military service. This was an act of sweeping injustice which it would not be easy to parallel. Imagine all the officers of the late Com pany's service now in civil or political employment, many of them having served for years, and dis tinguished for their ability and knowledge, sum moned, at the peril of forfeiting all the claims of their service, to recur to their studies of five, ten, or twenty years back, and present themselves like schoolboys for examination. It would be something like requiring half the Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, and clergymen in England to present themselves at the next theological exami nation at the University and take honours upon pain of losing their benefices. It is difficult to understand how such an Order can ever have ap peared in an official Gazette. Accordingly, a fort night afterwards, on the 9th of June, a short Order appeared cancelling this extraordinary requirement in the case of all officers actually in civil or poli tical employ on or before January 1, 1862. By this very exception, however, the demand still con• tinues in the case of those who have joined since that date. A subsequent Order has made another relaxation in the case of these officers; they are no longer required to join the Staff Corps; but they are expected under the Barre penalty to pass the final examination required of all Staff officers, either in October or, at the latest, in April next. After this narrative it can we think hardly be neces sary to urge the hardship of this paltry relic of the vast original demand. Upon what satisfactory rea son can the Government exempt officers who have joined before January, 1862, and not those who joined, say, in February of that year? It the re quirement is a hardship in the one case it is so in the other. There may be cases, indeed, of officers only lately admitted to apply for employment, or not actually at work, upon whom the new regula tions might be enforced without much hardship, but there must obviously be a number of others in pre cisely the same position as those who joined before this arbitrary date. It may be urged that it is neces sary to draw the line somewhere between these two classes of young officers—between those already at work and those not yet employed. If so, the line is marked out by this very distinction. But it would be moo . ° bettor, and much more in accordance with precedent, not to make this Order in any degree re trospective, but to keep faith strictly with those who have abandoned their military prospects upon the former system. As the Order stands at present, let us take an instance of its operation which will serve for a type of many more. A young officer, who has risen rapidly to the posts of interpreter and adjutent of a native regiment, is attracted and invited into a department of the Civil Service, To the dissatis faction of his superiors, he throws up his military appointments and prepares to qualify himself ime mediately for civil employ. In order to do this he has to pass two examinations, the last a severe one in languages, history, and law. He passes, however, with high credit, and is at once appointed Assistant- Commissioner with the sole charge of a district extending, perhaps, 60 miles in one direction and 40 in another, and requiring, therefore, all his energies. He has, however, no sooner settled him self to this work when he is suddenly confronted with this order, and finds that to the constant labour of his charge, to the care of public buildings, gardens, schools, gaols, and roads, and to the weari some and exacting duties of five or six hours a day in a court of justice, he has to add the necessary pre parations for a severe examination. He finds that in the short intervals he can spare from his duties, and from the studies necessary for rightly discharg ing them, ho has to " cram," so as to be ready, at three months' notice, with all the details of Indian History, Jurisprudence, Political Economy, Indian Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code, Criminal Code, Revenue system, and the test of high proficiency in Oordoo. Is it not evident that one of three things must suffer—his health, his duties, or his prospects in the examination, and therefore in life? Could there be a more unwise or a more inconsiderate pro ceeding than thus to overstrain and dishearten a young man at the commencement of a new course of duties when he needs all his energies and time to familiarise himself with them ? POST.—The fete Napoleon is more than a holiday in the common acceptation of the term. Under the flag of the Empire, and in the heart of the French nation, it is kept as a precious and splendid souvenir. The fact which is represented in its celebration, the great name which marks its place in the calendar, all the grand reminiscences of a still near past, and all the magnificence and power of the present, com bine to make the fifteenth of August a day, not only of universal rejoicing, but of national significance. No doubt pleasure was the first thought of the thousands who rose with the sun oa Monday morn ing, and were thronging the streets of Paris when theharvest moon shone over a scene which could only have been witnessed in one city- and amongst one people in the world. But that there was an idea in the demonstration, a sentiment inspiring the gaiety, or dominant principle pervading and swaying the crowd, everybody wh o h a d read the French idio syncrasy below it s sur f ace must have perceive d. If our neighbours d o not a l ways think deeply, they feel strongly ; and if they sometimes act impulsively they are guided by impressions which are, in the main, noble and generous. The policy of Napoleon 111., and the moderation and firmness of his Go. verntnent, hive justified the revolution which re stored the Empire ; and France, prosperous at home and powerful abroad, apprehends the worth of the adva n t lges she has accrued, and looks for ward into the future with a confidence which her actual situation amply warrants. During the last ten years Europe has not only formally, but prac tically recognised a Power that, viewed at first with extreme jealousy, commanded respect by the vigorous exercise of its authority, and the unvarying dignity of its demeanours no most obstinate opponent of the Emperor must allovf him to have maintained the honour and in fluence of his country with remarkable judgment. and inflexible resolution. This has been the pro. minent feature in the foreign policy of the Empire, and the secret of its success. There has been no her sitatiou in the conduct of French diplomacy. Not speaking hastily, France has never spoken in terms that admitted of misinterpretation. She may have been slow to act, but, having once determined on action, there has been no looking back. She has counted the cost of her words before they were ut tered, and her moral force has been sustained by her material resources. But such a policy must repose upon a solid foundation. It must represent more than the ultimatum of the master of a hundred legions. Its conditions are obvious, and whether exhibited in the celebration of an anniversary, or in the everyday contentment and satisfaction of the great body of the people, their presence is indite. putable. It is not in name only that Napoleon reigns by the national will, and while his throne is upheld, as it is, by the expression of public opinion, no matter in what form, the Imperial Government can have nothing to fear from the turbulence of par ties, the intrigues of factions, and the ill-concealed hatred of the despotic Powers on the Continent. Men may differ about theories of government, and we all think our own theory the best ; but it i 3 possible for any reasonable and unprejudiced man t° come and go in France without arriving at the con : viction that the country is, upon the whole, welt and fairly governed ; and, looking at results, there can be no question as to the general expediency of a system which, like any other system, may be criti cised in detail. The affairs of a nation should be administered with an ever present sense of rare" sibility, and with a practical end in view, and not experimentally, to test crotchets, or to carry out 5 13 ' street principles. France has vast interests to pre serve—interests for the maintenance of which order and tranquillity are indispensable. Her progress clo pends upon the authority which controls its deve lo p , ment, and her industry and interest demand Bub " stantial guarantees. Opposition may be legiti m ate and serviceable, or it may be reactionary o r re !Niue tionary. The French have had enough of Ili pubs lice, and they are about the last people on the , face of the earth to tolerate clerical usurpation. That the intervention in Italy would exasperate tPe Ultramontane party was to be expected, and the 5 r activity at present may be accounted for by tb e supposition they entertain that political events iv:e marching to their aid. It is, however, a bundant l y clear that the Government of the Empire ana ' vet s to the wishes and the wants of the nation as a whole►. and, that being so, all attempts to disturb it must be regarded with suspicion. European compli tions make us desire before all else a close and in timate alliance with France; but, quite indelle a ; dent of all that, which may in one sense be called an interested consideration, we believe we are ev pressing the opinion of this country in congratn: hating the French people on the unanimity an ° patriotism they have again conspicuously displayed. None can forecast the future. Between this dily and the return of the Imperial during which much that is presently matter fo r speculation may be brought out and realised action ; and France may be called to take a gr ea part in the adjustment of Continental difficult ies ; Oa every side we observe indications which are not but principles, be misapprehended. Not Powers only' principles, are drifting into antagonism. Contro,d versies are widening and passing, as it we tli ,_ appear, to the final arbitration. Everywhere donoa, and uncertainty prevails. Public securities hal': fete lies a felled been destroyed ; international obligations have bee e t repudiated; end Europe, amazed at the wrong tua . has been permitted, and awakening too late to perception of the consequences, looks to Nall,°_ leen 111., and to the influence and power of he Second Empire, to avert, by timely measures . precaution, the catastrophe which seems t o 1E " pending. a COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—TUESDAY. At today's market the supply of wheat was moderatiei: and the attendance was small. The little sold resll-sFd per qr less money than last week. The weather continues brilliant, and harvest work is rapidly proceeding. --10 --s White wheat 42s to 47s j Barley . Red.. 4ls to 42 8 1 Grinding ........„9s . ... ... to . ..2 98 to 315 Beans .33s to 38s I Oats.. b .... -- . .iss to to --21 s Small Averages Wheats, 42s sd—barley, 25s 7( 1 . -- b esr°l 39s 3d. HULL—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a moderate supply o f English wheat, which realised fully last week's prices. Grinding barley met a dull sale at Gd reduction on former rates. Peas in request, at Gd to is per qr advance. Oa° were firm, at unaltered rates. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 45s Od to 49s Oil Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34s Oa Grinding Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 318 Od Grinding Oats English, old 224 Od to 24s Oct Archangel and Riga, per at oBl2ld to 13,1 Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 081.31 d Swedish and Danish os l 9ld to 061 3 d Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 4 2 s Od to 41s Od New tick 4os Od to 425 0 4 Egyptian Peas Foreign boilers .. . Grinding Od Tares ....Spring . Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 56s Od crushing • 4os Od to 52s Oct Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 5 0 to £ lO 10 0 Foreign: 8 0 oto 9 0 0 5 0 oto 0 0 0 Rape cakes 5 5 oto 510 0 Bones MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 44s to 488; red, 38s to 418 per 36 stone. Malting barley at 26s to 32s per qr.; grinding, 278 to 29s per 30 st. Oats, old, 26s to 308; new, 208 to 25s per 30 st. ; beans, 368 to 43s per qr. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE — TIYESDA T . This morning grain of all kinds is again limited in supply. and prices limed about the same as last Satur day. Flour meets a demand, at 6cl decling on last week's currency. Averages—Wheat, 43s 4d—barley, 29s 2d—oats, 20s 10d—beans, 35s 6d. COAL MARKET. Prices of Coal per Ton at the clole of the market. ff. di P. d. North Pelton Gas.., ~ ,13 9 Walls End. 9 Lambert's West Hari- Hartlepool ......... .. 18 ley 18 0 f South Hartlepool...l:lj : Byass's Bebside West K elloe.. Hartley ...18 3 South Kelloe ......... x 9 Eden Main ...17 6 Heugh Hall .......... .! 9 j Hatton .............. ;`, 9 .... .. South Hetton ... i' . 17 6 Belmont •..•' '.. 18 3 Caradoc ............ Walls End. Braddyll's Hetton 17 91 Casaop ... lB 01 Harton 17 01 Ships at marker t, 47 ; sold. 3S. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. A u z 13 Australia an_d Mauritius, via Southampton...... Self• 13. via Marseilles ......... 4. drazil and Cape Verds, by B r iti s h p ac k e t. ....... 2,. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, an d St. Helena... Aug ug• 18. China, Penang, and Singap ore , via Southanipton. A via Marseilles ...Aug' • Falkland Islands -- Gibraltar, via Southampton .............. g , c. u • - 11 ° India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, ...... u.... 18. ~__ • • Aug. o 5 Vitt Billrigilum,•. . „...,.., . India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ ilt%, O. via Marseilles ............... Sept. 4.. Via southanipton..A b 2 7. Portugal. - ... ... ._ Au t „. • 0 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... A u g. 1 0 . via Marseilles ....... '''' 4 ,4 g. 17. Newfoundland .............................. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packot• • • et...• A.. 19. by U.S.U.S. Pac ot.alo• All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Fa -, 1 h''''. California. and British Columbia.. .......... by Canadian Pa c „ i A vie 29. Births. GR rca EATIIED.—On the 16th inst. , at Eas theadt Mou,!s C. 8., of a oy, t h e wife of Lieut.-Colonel Wilberforce O daughter. Mrr,LEs,—On the 17th inst . . at 28, Great Cumberlan d.. , M a i t ll D es o , v o e f r a , t d h a e ug sv h fi t o er. of po p L la E c i e L , o H ir y i d o e x - On D i l n r s s ;. the Rev. John PolehmarnaprtroiEg n, t o el fa daughter. VAuGHAN—WEsT.—On the 17th inst., at Old Lambeth Church, James Henry Vaughan, of the Stock Excbange, London, to Mary Martha, third daughter of Frederick Burgh West, of King-street, Whitehall. Woon-48.11NGER.--On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's, Pen zance, Francis Wood, Esq., of Grenville-street, Boos" w ick-squ%re , London, to Harriett, youngest daughter of ;Major Ainger, &q, A R h l u V a Whitton rundel thele, Deaths. I—B°roaadb nEt Broadbent, 15th inst,, :11 1 1 6 3 t 2 at Northampton, Jaraes BnOADBENT.—On the 17th inst., at Parson's-green, Ful' B. BUSBY.—On the 16th i ns t., at 102, Oxford-street , Mr. 33 why. the 16th inst. at at The Cloisters, 13 a th, L ieut.- General Ch ar l es D en i s . Dun, M.M.'s Madras firreY, aged 77. FRAME.—On the 13thinst., at 160, Grea t Dover-street, 'Southwark, Samuel Frame late of the Bank o f Eng land, aged 90. TAnLETON.—On the 13th inst., at Cheshunt, LaaY ton, aged 87. -----------_,, , London: Printed and Prblished oy WILLI.A.) I A NJ-1.".- Sr- of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at DIE 11,...1 °Mee No. 11. Strand, in the Precinct of the 3avoy,7in tile C" MtY ° Alldileoex,--Thursalin August 15, 1864